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Thursday, 19 January 2017

From JamesM - British 5.5" Gun Battery(84 points)

Hi folks,

Trying to keep up the momentum and continue with my 'Gunuary' painting theme - so apologies for the very samey entries (to followers of my blog this stuff will be no surprise!).

This weeks entry consists of a battery of 6 x 15mm British 5.5" Medium guns of 79th Medium Regiment (The Scottish Horse), Royal Artillery. This battery represents the guns of 4 AGRA (Army Group, Royal Artillery) in my Operation Totalise project - supporting the Canadian II Corps.

Each gun consists of one 5.5" Medium Gun (BR710) and 5 crew.

I've still the command staff and OP teams to do, possibly later in the month. Also in the pile are the 8 Matador trucks for towing the damn things!

Apologies for pictures on the box, trying to reduce the glare from the table!

These guns will be added to the two I painted last year. I doubt very much I will ever field 4 of these guns on a 15mm scale table, never mind 8! However, I like the models and I like to have every option for the army. I'm also aiming to represent every major unit that took part in the Totalise battle, and this unit fits the bill nicely for 4 AGRA.

I mucked up the process a little on these, being far too used to painting and basing vehicles. This resulted in me having to add the crew after the static grass was applied... Thankfully I managed to sort it, but the time it took I'd have been as well starting the bases again! Guns were primed black, painted Vallejo Russian Uniform green (70.924), washed with a home made magic wash and highlighted with a lightened Russian Uniform green. Tools and wood were done with Vallejo Mahogany Brown (70.846) and highlighted with beige brown. I don't use metalics (other than the brass) so metals are just done with greys. Troops are the usual English Uniform and Khaki!

No need to apologize for the Gunuary theme, James. I have been enjoying the cannon. This lot is just as sharp as your other entries. Even though you had some issue with the order of adding crew and groundwork, I really can't see where the damage was made. The crews look hard at work and besides looking spectacular for 15's( you positive these aren't 28's!?) 8 of these should mess up any German advance! Grand Work!